Quantifying the canopy nectar resource and the impact of logging and climate in spotted gum Corymbia maculata forests

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 999-1014

  Law, B S ^a   Chidel, M ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy density; Eucalypts; Nectar production; Regrowth; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOWER; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); NECTAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGROWTH; SUGAR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CORYMBIA MACULATA;

EID: 55349088642     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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